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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But when the congregation is to be gathered together,.... At the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and not to move in separate camps or bodies one after another: you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm; blow with an even and uninterrupted sound, and not with a broken and quavering one; by which the congregation and camps were...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the sons of Aaron the priests shall blow with the trumpets,.... Eleazar and Ithamar, the one with the one and the other with the other, there being at first but two, as there were but two priests; but in Solomon's time there were an hundred twenty priests, and as many trumpets, 2 Chronicles 5:12; hence Maimonides says (l), there were never...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you,.... That enters in to invade it, to besiege cities, and distress the inhabitants of it: then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets: a "tara-tan-tara" with both of them, to call the several tribes together to join against the enemy; or to call them to fasting and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Also in the day of your gladness,.... When they should return from the enemy's country conquerors, or have vanquished the enemy that came against them into their own land, and so would fix a day of rejoicing, like the days of Purim, and the seven days when Hezekiah rejoiced, as Aben Ezra observes; and so any time of rejoicing on account of any...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And it came to pass, on the twentieth [day] of the second month, in the second year,.... Which was the twentieth of the month Ijar, in the second year of the coming of the Israelites out of Egypt; who, as it appears from hence, compared with Exodus 19:1; had been in the wilderness of Sinai twelve months wanting ten days; so Jarchi and other Jewish...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai,.... Each of their camps removed from thence, and so everyone took their journey; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran; which was a signal for the camps to rest and pitch their tents; this was after they had gone three days journey, and were come to Taberah,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they first took their journey, according to the commandment of the Lord,.... Which was virtually contained in and signified by the taking up of the cloud, see Numbers 9:18; by the hand of Moses; by his means and ministry, who had informed them, that it was the will of God, that when they saw the cloud taken up to set forward in their journey,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
In the first [place] went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah,.... Which tribe had the honour to go foremost and lead the van, the chief ruler, the Messiah being to come of it, as he did; who is King of Israel, and has gone forth at the head of them, fighting their battles for them: according to their armies: having, besides the army...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar [was] Nethaneel the son of Zuar. [See comments on Numbers 10:14].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun [was] Eliab the son of Helon. [See comments on Numbers 10:14].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the tabernacle was taken down,.... By the Levites, as Aben Ezra, and which appears to be their work, from Numbers 1:51; this began to be done by them as soon as the cloud was perceived to move upwards, and the camp of Judah was preparing to march; and after Aaron and his sons had taken the holy vessels out of the holy and most holy place, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies,.... Next proceeded the standard of Reuben, having under it the tribes of Simeon and Gad, Numbers 10:19; as "Reuben" signifies, "behold the son", and he had the tabernacle borne before him and the holy things behind him, which way soever this camp looked, it had in view...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon [was] Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. [See comments on Numbers 10:18].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad [was] Eliasaph the son of Deuel. [See comments on Numbers 10:18].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the Kohathites set forward,.... After the standard of the camps of Reuben, and between that and the standard of the camp of Ephraim, to, which there is an allusion in Psalms 80:2; bearing the sanctuary, or the holy things, as Jarchi; the ark, as Aben Ezra; though not that only, which indeed might be eminently called so, it standing in the most...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies,.... Next followed the standard of the camp of Ephraim, under which were Manasseh and Benjamin, Numbers 10:23; and over his host [was] Elishama the son of Ammihud; over whom were the same captains, as in Numbers 2:18.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh [was] Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. [See comments on Numbers 10:22].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin [was] Abidan the son of Gideoni. [See comments on Numbers 10:22].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward,.... Next after that of Ephraim, the last of all: which was the rearward of all the camps throughout their host; which brought up the rear, and was fittest for that purpose, being the most numerous, next to that of Judah, which led the van; or, the gatherer up of all the camps (n),...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher [was] Pagiel the son of Ocran. [See comments on Numbers 10:25].